Professor.Viking
Smash Rookie
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- Jan 6, 2013
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Its hard for me to express how big a deal this would be. At least for players like me.
I would love. LOVE. if it was possible to only allow certain character to be selected when you select Random.
First, let me explain how it could work.
Option 1:
When someone picks random, colored check marks will appear in one of the 4 corners of each characters portrait. Clicking on one of these checkmaks will make the checkmark disappear, and that character will no longer be randomly selected for that player.
Here is an example of how it would work.:
Player 1 selects random. Suddenly, there are little red checkmarks in the upper right hand corner of the character portraits. He likes the fast characters, so he unchecks everything but the spacies, Sheik, and CF. He isnt very good with Squirtle, pikachu, or ness, but he adds them in too because he wants to learn them.
Player 2 selects random and selects his checkmarks on projectile wielding characters, and player 4 selects random and selects his checkmarks on the heavy hitters like Ganon and Charizard.
Now, each player will be will be guaranteed to be playing a character they like, without his playstyle becoming stale. Further, nobody will be counterpicking and recounterpicking their character choices due to bad matchups.
With customized random, random can even become viable pick for tournament play, and can add alittle excitement to matches.
Option 2:
Perhaps the second way to do this would be to make a players random preferences tied to their gamertags. However, you would have to create a second page where you could customize your preferences, and in a tournament or large smashfest situation, it could take an awful long time to set up your gamertag on an unfamiliar wii, and it wouldn't be as fluid to take a character in and out of rotation.
However, this could allow for more customization. For example, you could set it to pick ganon 50% of the time and wario, charizard, ike, DK, and Lucario the other 50% of the time. (10% of the time each).... But that would likely be much harder to code then option 1.
I think this would be big. I know allot of people get in a rut with maining just one character and breaking out a secondary or two every now and again, but with so many amazing a viable characters in brawl, anything that gets them showcased more is good. Customized random can ensure variety and that the only thing that determines who you play, is preference and playstyle.
For those who dont want to select random, nothing would change. But for those with allot of alts or characters they want or who have a specific playstyle preference, this could be a godsend.
So. Could someone with experience coding PM tell me how hard this would be to do?
I think it would be a good idea... assuming its even possible. But given all you guys have been able to do so far, I think the chances are likely good.
I would love. LOVE. if it was possible to only allow certain character to be selected when you select Random.
First, let me explain how it could work.
Option 1:
When someone picks random, colored check marks will appear in one of the 4 corners of each characters portrait. Clicking on one of these checkmaks will make the checkmark disappear, and that character will no longer be randomly selected for that player.
Here is an example of how it would work.:
Player 1 selects random. Suddenly, there are little red checkmarks in the upper right hand corner of the character portraits. He likes the fast characters, so he unchecks everything but the spacies, Sheik, and CF. He isnt very good with Squirtle, pikachu, or ness, but he adds them in too because he wants to learn them.
Player 2 selects random and selects his checkmarks on projectile wielding characters, and player 4 selects random and selects his checkmarks on the heavy hitters like Ganon and Charizard.
Now, each player will be will be guaranteed to be playing a character they like, without his playstyle becoming stale. Further, nobody will be counterpicking and recounterpicking their character choices due to bad matchups.
With customized random, random can even become viable pick for tournament play, and can add alittle excitement to matches.
Option 2:
Perhaps the second way to do this would be to make a players random preferences tied to their gamertags. However, you would have to create a second page where you could customize your preferences, and in a tournament or large smashfest situation, it could take an awful long time to set up your gamertag on an unfamiliar wii, and it wouldn't be as fluid to take a character in and out of rotation.
However, this could allow for more customization. For example, you could set it to pick ganon 50% of the time and wario, charizard, ike, DK, and Lucario the other 50% of the time. (10% of the time each).... But that would likely be much harder to code then option 1.
I think this would be big. I know allot of people get in a rut with maining just one character and breaking out a secondary or two every now and again, but with so many amazing a viable characters in brawl, anything that gets them showcased more is good. Customized random can ensure variety and that the only thing that determines who you play, is preference and playstyle.
For those who dont want to select random, nothing would change. But for those with allot of alts or characters they want or who have a specific playstyle preference, this could be a godsend.
So. Could someone with experience coding PM tell me how hard this would be to do?
I think it would be a good idea... assuming its even possible. But given all you guys have been able to do so far, I think the chances are likely good.
